Welcome Baby Girl "E"

This morning, 10/23/12, I woke up with painful contractions starting around 1:20 AM. I had bad cramps that were so bad and eventually made me feel the need to push. I knew not to push because I was going to do a c/s.

Even though I was fighting it, my body was trying to push naturally! It was the most uncomfortable feeling because I was resisting the urge to push and going through painful contractions that surged through my pelvis.

It's advised not to try vaginal deliveries after having a c/s in fear of the possibility of opening up the previous scar or have a uterine rupture.

My water didn't break this time around; so experiencing contraction pains were pretty painful that I was thinking/saying things I never thought I'd say to Big M. And I'm not really a emotional person when it comes to pain.

It seemed to take forever to get to hospital, but we made it 20 minutes later. They admitted me quickly to triage. But, when we were inside to OR, they seemed to be scrambling. Since it was unscheduled, I most likely wouldn't get my Dr. I got someone else.

I was already 9 cm dilated! They assumed I was going to do a vaginal birth at that rate. No way; I was in such pain that I didn't want to go through the entire labor for more hours. Just stop the pain and get her out please! The nurses were surprised and wasn't thrilled with my adamant C/S request because they literally had to scramble and get emergency staff for my surgery ASAP since I was already primed for pushing.

Even with time not being on our side, i truly believe that a higher power has been watching out for my baby and I all this time. As luck has it, they pushed me to a room that wasn't set up for surgery so I had to be sent to another room. Time's ticking!

During the surgery, I sense urgency in the way they talked. They were pretty calm so I didn't think much of it. Thank goodness because after the while surgery was done, I found out that my utereus had ruptured before they even went in! Evidently, when the surgeon opened me up, the umbilical cord popped out already, meaning the utereus had already opened up without them even slicing it open! They had to hurry up and look for baby to take out.

In the end, Baby E was born a healthy 5 lbs 8 ounces! That's good enough for me. I was so worried about her being less than 5 lbs.

After all the hardship these past months, she is here and we couldn't be any more thrilled to move on with our new addition. We love you baby!

Now it's baby's turn to look out the window of same hospital I was at months ago: